莎士比亞與溝通

臺北科技大學 115-1 學期課程，課號 366213。

課程大綱

如果英語作為第二語言（ESL）的學生要學習一位西方作家，那麼這位作家應該是莎士比亞。他是極少數既具有文化意義又自去世以來幾乎每個十年都廣受歡迎的作家之一。在二十一世紀，了解一些莎士比亞仍然是受過良好教育的標誌；這 不僅適用於西方人，也適用於世界公民（因為莎士比亞是世界文化的一部分，而不僅僅是英國或西方文化的一部分）。因此，除了為學生提供一些關於莎士比亞及其時代的基本背景知識外，本課程還將深入探討莎士比亞一些最著名戲劇中最著名的段落（例如，《羅密歐與茱麗葉》、《哈姆雷特》、《仲夏夜之夢》）。我們將探討莎士比亞在當今文化中的地位，既作為高雅文化的象徵，也作為流行文化（電影、電視、流行音樂）的常見素材來源。 If ESL students are going to study one Western author, then that author should be Shakespeare. He is one of the few writers who has been both culturally significant and also popular in virtually every decade since his death. In the twenty-first century, knowing something about Shakespeare is still a sign that a person is well-educated; that is true not just of Westerners, but of citizens of the world (because Shakespeare is a part of world culture, not just British or Western culture). So, in addition to providing students some basic background on Shakespeare and his times, this class will examine closely some of the most famous passages from some of the most well-known plays of Shakespeare (for example, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). We will consider Shakespeare’s place in our culture today, both as a symbol of high culture and as a frequent source of material for popular culture (movies, tv, pop music).

課程進度

Week 1 Intro Week 2 Background on Shakespeare and his time (the Elizabethan period) Weeks 3-7 Major plays I: famous characters and stories in the tragedies King Lear Hamlet Macbeth Romeo and Juliet Week 8 Midterm exam week Week 9-10 The Sonnets Week 11-13 Major plays II: famous characters and stories in the comedies, romances, and histories A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Tempest Henry V Week 14-15 Re-writing Shakespeare in Popular Culture Week 16 Final exam week Weeks 17-18 Self-Study weeks assigned reading assigned videos to watch

評量方式

Grades: Midterm 50% Final 50% ***Any missing assignments during Weeks 17 and 18 will result in a failing grade. Attendance: a combination of 3 absences or late days or classwork zeroes = -10 points from course grade a combination of 4 absences or late days or classwork zeroes = failing course grade Response pages/videos: each missing/late paper = -10 points from course grade NO LATE PAPERS/VIDEOS WILL BE ACCEPTED Plagiarized papers/videos, papers/videos previously submitted to other classes, and/or AI-generated papers/videos will receive a failing grade.

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念，請使用正版教科書，不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書：否 Texts: course book